The Dickinson press., 1887-12-10
YANkEE EDITOR IN PARIS.
DRAWBACKS TO RUNNING, a NEWS
PAPER IN THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

/ PAPER IN THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
Experiences in Editing ii" >rw>-:,;.:-
liar Difficulties of Bin rostine-il,c
LAW of Libel in Tr,;,cr-,,i;,;rni,i,., ar
! Interview iug-.A Long Law suit.
l'e'"i" Ne d"l'"t ol the n"w paper ;In un-
expected hitch occurred, Tho fn;,;icn,,ir.
lo'lrha! 'nl:si haN" a .ci;.,t \ ..,.llnt is
''elii.c' !! Si,"r>"Nal sur ,i:";,s -. manager
person al the bead %: ;;li,~tai.l:>lnn,ut.
found that the French law forbade my com.
tcni!i''hlg myself or permitting luvsrlf tolr
publicly contemplated ~ Il "cr:,nt 80
iorc.G1lor Whatsoever i3l,v lay That fln,t,riu.e
lmctlon t, his soul. The gcl;.nt mus, ln :,
ffchch l":'ann. actually al native birth, 81.
;llolnted with the divine ulr,;ucn, of natirali
Zatlon Accordingly, | hal 10 hunt nm :,
properly qualified gcrunt After some srart.I,
learned of IL worthy individual nnncl
Alalal'onrh. Who fulfilled all lr2al rcouir,..
incntS MallE"nchr was Il gentleman .,
liHtn'!" stat i'r. who dvolt >un.,.,l:,l. in ,l,.
suburbs. II! va, described to n...;,, lrua. ,
hopeless "li l'' from PARALYSIS. WHO. fer IN,
stipend "l "a mWthlv, would act a, li,ur,-
mead tor any aspiring editor of FOREIGN r>
traction His responsibility comprised tho
shondrrlg of lrgal .ct!u.is. :,pna,;,nrc i,
cases of libel. infringement uf th, press laws
and so forth NJ Malahou,h, was cnmarrd
iofthwlth. Whether or not liz stiiicl tho
description had of him am unable to .,y
never sci eye noon the good man and for
alSht know he may have been II iourrol-
'S''e MIS- Harris with gilt uf resulurl,
ula"ihS 50 Il month and rcrciptin therefor
III irrnrhy rhirosraphN
STRUCK ANOTHER sNAu.
before the first issue We Il use the llural as
refer. az not In Iiallhu,lchc, bui ,o my. nllr
associate" Mr.. .Aihcr; e. Ives. formerly nf rh,
New York Time, strI.,i. another s,,a.e T.,
properly herald III" coming birth. a quantity
"i l'"N''fs Lad been prepared for placnrlu,.
inc vacant walls of Paris II WA CIR IN.
lu'oHe'l American idea that t,l,l,,l, and r,v
i"f Il low Thousand ilanillr bulls. and to Lr,
men t' SUCK them To the wall cunI,risotl all
.'ie process necessary for thi, pleasing form
OIL attracting public attention. Inccui,,..
'''t"'rH'lH lllal ~ wri'". we had fallen iufn
hc" errors First, W" narrowly escaped or
rest '"r ;'''i%lnS one of the ltlanir,ls la o,,r
own premises without previously havin., il
S''''''i"'' win tn" official stamp. Every li
must under penalty of tho law, bear the ry,
'''''!i'''' "';'Ai' '""il*prnouslv IT. tlluu2h IL
were ,s"iii; I" IT, ont lay mail I'll" stam,,
N'''N III litfr according To the size of iii.
l".S''r' h''i n" i'l" j. ritg'l and the penalty
~, ,,'r 4'S li'rlh;'"nr"A' Ncr" Farther than
lhlS a good part "l o,!r :.i,,.k of ,cur,l, v,,.r
,''%''' ''e'''''s''' i"Is""tli, tI" announcements
h''d ieell printed upon white ,aprr, rhrus,
u Mhlc paper IS reserved hy the French r.-
public To itself for su",, pro,lam,l;ors ~.
M
piar"rd about the capital. R,rlwc "oul,l, ,,s..,
OF 'lll'"r lea@rcrn amy sla,l" nr r,lo.
whatsoever that might please u.l :,S,ln,i,,
an"s, bu. tn, posters which vn h.,l ,,.'
'uIn"d t""n!cr printed in black and whit,
must b" destroyed, and DESTROYED they wore
ruth.c>-!N
i'h the paper had been running ulr,ul
i"" months We made the unnon.,, r,,cn,
'i'S"d on a careful canvass of the li,. L.. ~.
news stands, that our circulation in tL,, ritv
u arr was alX times lHrsc n; tl., of ,,l,.
Nrliera1i" riNal liI" aald rival had inr,ni;,n.,
fra'iccd IL pre-" from eight to -four cent, :,
"l,y, itl'i'!i"i i"r II slccial wire to London.
',l'' '"''laily taken L" printing sporadic items
~ i'"S- ''lr rSl;ti"m"it Of crnlrl;,tiyn tjr
'ul;''ipn WITS printed IN tabular form. I,u.ol
upon tho actual sale, "f the kios;s, Tb,,
h@'lft, W"r" carefully verified before pl,lir.
non They showed colcllIsivciy tI,yi IN,
Ial!S salr"l The Morning News ycrs,,. I'm, ,f
''a%lIslihi ";ts six aaa.is, one Eu, tl,,uuh
.liiS statement was true, it VAS according +,
French la", Illegal. Wrwcropronlptlv sncl
BY the enemy, WHO Isl mated his dpmnnrs Mt
10000 francs G:.l,uND.
:, Lost, LAW at-lr
lhclaw undrr which our behavior hnd l,-
'ohlc arlloiiai'!r WAS ti!:tt OF concurrence de,
'ta'" or uiltlr competition" We MIGHT
ay Whatever we chose with regard tp our
'"il circulation, but we must not make com
h'fiApiiS 'cf"%aiolN To our ncighloi's \ LONG
a"s'ilt followed. T!c truth of our statcu,cnt
Haa not In"s,i"l''l-did not, in fact. enter
hto consideration at all. The only point ;,t
sSue was that we had made conlparis,u;
,d'"'ls and presumably damaging tn onrrival
accordingly the tribunal decided ara,,st rs
md we WCir mLlct,al
Ah"i''"r litigation was that with NJ. Glenn
ii"ei''l. had sent II reporter. 10 interview
he great Radical leader and l;pi satisfied
'iyscIl ol the gc,uincHcss Of the inter, jrw
n 1t occurred the expression .-ciuun, tam
Seuscs 'n"isl cllu~l, upplic,ll., ". Glen
ilr"au To u section Of his own ,y,it ical f,,|.
owing. iii" anti Clcpcuccau paper, rot
iol'l "l this phrase and used If Nth decided
h"I. n lr" days aft Iward received
."!d from Clcncnr;u that wo must ,l.p,
II" "l"ie interview. | replied that would
i",'ily amy part of il upon NJ CLlleuceal's
bnt That to siultity ourselves BY
,"al!""iM@ th""ntirr story, even To the fact
nat IN lii'"i'vies IlaI token place was quito
NJ al 1!!" question. Ti!orcunou suit was
ron; ii' against ine, 'laua2es being laid at
oogo' francs. The French court, decided
'i"''mr"an'S favor II did not ai,car To-
e. g ~ "ll a question Of fact a. 'as"a ilon The
Ff'rh"" The uinli-Uu'".! TESTIMONY "a, to
le "'"liiirA's' OF an interview did moi am
;r'hi!y come within The l,ui'vi,w of tho
pl'' II "as oinAp..,' ASSUMED To- lac tho
't,'t OF y C!e,n"l.r"an I" insist upon any
'i'a"i!"i! l." ri,l.e'i. lad H., ,llnyrl ,l,;,.l,
; 7" deny not "nl. The fac, I! a. he had lonu
l'"ryi":sr'l, but "v"i That s,ry,, IL paper ;:s
n" Morning News existed, J a,,t inclined to
llnk the 'aw would haze sustained him :
t. Louis Dispatch.
Effects of Patent" Iirdiciuc. 7. .